Table 1. Species diversity of Strumigenys Smith, 1860 in function of the biogeographic realms, with global percentage indicated in parentheses (note that some species occur in more than one biogeographic realm). The species described in this article are not included. Biogeographic realms follow the definition of Holt et al. (2013).
Biogeographic realms Strumigenys species richness (global %)
Afrotropical 139 (16.3)
Australian 56 (6.6)
Malagasy 93 (10.9)
Nearctic 76 (8.9)
Neotropical 174 (20.4)
Oceanian 105 (12.3)
Oriental 277 (32.5)
Palearctic 25 (2.9)
Panamanian 114 (13.4)
Saharo-Arabian 7 (0.8)
Sino-Japanese 41 (4.8)
Global 853